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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1985
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SOME RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES FELL IN AUGUST 1985 COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1984, INCLUDING MAN-MADE FIBRES; THERMION IC CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, DIODES, TRANSISTORS AND ELECTRICAL MICROCIRCUITS; PLASTIC MOULDING MATERIALS; RAW COTTON COTTON YARN AND THREAD; LEATHER AND DRESSED FUR SKINS AS WELL AS PAPER AND PAPER BOARD.
INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR CHEMICAL ELEMENTS AND COMPOUNDS; WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR: SPECIAL TEXTILE FABRIC FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES SILK FABRICS; FABRICS OF WOOL AND MIXTURES; YARN OF MAN-MADE FIBRES; FABRICS OF MAN-MADE FIBRES AS WELL AS WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK.
IMPORTS OF FUELS ROSE BY NINE PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN AUGUST 1985 COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1984.
IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MANY COMMODITIES INCREASED IN AUGUST 1985 OVER AUGUST 1984, THE SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY OTHER THAN ELECTRICAL MACHINERY; TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT AS WELL AS SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, OPTICAL, MEASURING AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS. HOWEVER, DECREASES IN VOLUME TERMS WERE RECORDED FOR OFFICE MACHINES AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY OVER THE SAME PERIOD.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR AUGUST AND FOR JANUARY-AUGUST OF 1985 AS COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIODS IN 1984 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.
AS DEPICTED IN TABLE 3, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF NEARLY ALL THE END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN AUGUST 1985 WHEN COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1984, RANGING FROM 19 PER CENT FOR CONSUMER GOODS TO 29 PER CENT FOR CAPITAL GOODS. HOWEVER, THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED BY ONE PER CENT.
FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE AUGUST 1985 ISSUE OF THE +HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS+, AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE ON NOVEMBER 11 AT HK$2 PER COPY.
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